Category Archives: Popular Culture

On the Watchtower

Hey, we have yet to discuss the season finale of Battlestar Galactica, gang. I actually can’t make up my mind. The season had a lot of very weak work in it once the New Caprica storyline was over. Most of … Continue reading

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More on Free Slave-Holding Phallocratic Fascists Defending Freedom

War Nerd says it way better than I did.

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Free Slave-Holding Phallocrats Defending Freedom From Squirmy Middle Easternesque Drag Queens, or A Meditation on Historical Accuracy

[cross-posted at Cliopatria] If you want to see a Rube Goldberg machine, you could play the game Mouse Trap. Or watch any number of videos available online. Or read Victor Davis Hanson’s appraisal of ‘300’ appearing in the op-ed pages … Continue reading

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Civil War #7 Sucked

I really can’t add much more to four really great critiques I read of it: 1) Jim Roeg, “Civil War #7: RIP Marvel” 2) Brian Cronin at Comics Should Be Good 3) Dave Campbell, “Civil Waaaah” 4) Chris Sims, “Civil … Continue reading

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Bad Daddy

When I was 6, watching George Pal’s The Time Machine on TV provided the fuel for a nightmare or two, populated by Morlocks. When my daughter was 6, watching Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy led her to remark that a hideous … Continue reading

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Media Non-Literacy and Representational Authoritarianism

Following some links from a discussion of the visual imagery in some computer games, I ended up at the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, as well as a short BBC news item on the study. … Continue reading

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Pop-Culture Settings

So there’s been a bit of talk recently about teacher movies, and how obnoxious they can be. You might wonder about why doctors, firemen, and police are so central to a great deal of TV drama (and even situation comedy). … Continue reading

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Reed Richards, Psychohistory, and History-as-Science

I have always been fond of the comic-book character Reed Richards, aka “Mr. Fantastic”. If you haven’t encountered the character before, his superpower is actually rather secondary to his appeal as a character. (He can stretch his rubbery body, a … Continue reading

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Stuff I Like: Sinbad Movies

One way I think I’ll try to get more pop culture writing into this site is just by talking at odd intervals about pop culture that I enjoy or find interesting. I caught a bit of Sinbad and the Eye … Continue reading

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The Nut Hand

Just a quick note as long as I’m in a pop-culture frame of mind: go see Casino Royale. I think it’s actually the best Bond film ever, and as I’m a certified worshipper at the temple of the Connery Bond, … Continue reading

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